HIS263Y1 Lecture Notes - Manitoba Schools Question, English Canada, Eth
Document Summary
Wilfred laurier and canadian politics: louis riel revisited. Hanged for his role in nw rebellion. Martyr vs. father of manitoba- in 1993 the martyr statue was replaced by the respectable statue stating him as the father of manitoba instead of a tortured soul. There are diff ways we think of riel. How should we understand his place in canada?- the english and the french see riel very differently. In french canada, there were massive demonstrations protesting what had happened to riel. In english canada, they saw him as a murder and against the gov. 3 key dynamics of the age: the fundamental cleavage/division of french and english canada, how local issues become national ones, the provinces all have a stake in each other"s issues, the way cultural issues become political issues. Manitoba schools question- and the status of separate catholic schools- the gov. eliminated public funding for bilingual and separate schools in the province.
